xSee Acts 26:28
2 Corinthians 6:8
8through honor and dishonor, athrough slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;1 Peter 2:20
20For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But bif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.1 Peter 3:14-18
14 cBut even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. dHave no fear of them, enor be troubled, 15but fin your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, galways being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and hrespect, 16 ihaving a good conscience, so that, jwhen you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17For kit is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.18For Christ also lsuffered ▼
▼Some manuscripts died
nonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, othat he might bring us to God, being put to death pin the flesh but made alive qin the spirit, 1 Peter 4:14-19
14 rIf you are insulted sfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power
and of God rests upon you. 15But ulet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or vas a meddler. 16Yet wif anyone suffers as a xChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God yin that name. 17For it is time for judgment zto begin at the household of God; and aaif it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who abdo not obey the gospel of God? 18And ac“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” ▼
▼Greek where will the ungodly and sinner appear?
19Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will aeentrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
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